title: Prevention of Dahl salt-induced hypertension by chronic dietary tryptophan.
abstract: Four-week-old inbred Dahl salt-sensitive (DS/JR) and Dahl salt-resistant (DR/JR) rats were placed on an 8% salt diet with or without a supplemental 2.5% tryptophan (Trp). Blood pressures were monitored for the next 5 weeks. Urine volumes and ion concentrations were measured during the 6th week. Blood pressures of DS/JR rats on control diets elevated rapidly and markedly, whereas pressures of DS/JR rats on the Trp-supplemented diet were not significantly elevated over those of DR/JR rats. Pressures of DR/JR rats were unaffected by Trp supplementation. Urinary sodium was significantly greater in DR/JR rats compared with DS/JR rats and was unaffected by Trp supplementation. This suggests that the antihypertensive effect of Trp was not at the level of the kidney. We conclude that dietary Trp blocks the development of hypertension in DS/JR rats maintained on a high salt diet.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Urbana 61801.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lark
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weyhenmeyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight; D004032:Diet; D004326:Drinking; D004435:Eating; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride; D014364:Tryptophan